Alastair Leithead reports on a baby girl found alive in a car 14 hours after the vehicle plunged into a river in Utah, killing her mother.(BBC News - World News, 8 March 2015)

Alastair Leithead looks at the work of United Nation's peacekeepers, including French troops, who have been based in Mali for several years.(BBC News - World News, 20 November 2015)

The BBC's Alastair Leithead reports from a refugee camp in South Sudan, where people are living in "appalling conditions", as the conflict worsens.(BBC News - World News, 2 May 2014)

After a famous pride of lions were poisoned in Kenya, the BBC's Alastair Leithead looks at who else is fighting them for land around the Maasai Mara Game reserve.(BBC News - World News, 9 December 2015)

While the whole of the US gets involved in Halloween celebrations, the spooky holiday holds a special place in Hollywood's heart, the BBC's Alastair Leithead reports.(BBC News - Entertainment & Arts, 29 October 2013)

Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck gives Alastair Leithead a taste of what the stars will be eating at the Governor's Ball, which takes place straight after the Oscars ceremony.(BBC News - Entertainment & Arts, 21 February 2015)

Lion hunting in South Africa is a big business, but while many groups play by the rules, there are continuing reports of illegal hunts, the BBC's Alastair Leithead reports.(BBC News - World News, 8 September 2016)

Lion hunting in South Africa is a big business, but some groups seem are shooting "canned meat" - animals bred in captivity just to be hunted, the BBC's Alastair Leithead reports.(BBC News - Science & Environment, 8 September 2016)

The FBI has warned American businesses that hackers are using malicious software to launch damaging cyber-attacks, after one attack against Sony Pictures, the BBC's Alastair Leithead reports.(BBC News - Entertainment & Arts, 2 December 2014)

The BBC's Alastair Leithead visited the National Biocontainment Training Centre in Galveston, Texas to try on a bio-hazard suit and see just how hard it is to guarantee the safety of Ebola doctors and nurses.(BBC News - World News, 15 October 2014)

The BBC's Alastair Leithead reports that scientists in California have developed what is being called a "virtual shrink", a computer programme which interacts with patients who might be depressed or soldiers who might be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.(BBC News - Health, 30 May 2013)